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"when I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a Communist." Helder Camara What are charities for? In the last few days, this has once again become a deeply politicised question. It is a…
Elections generally take place in Spring. Now it may not feel like it much today (it's grey and drizzling as I type this) but as the days get longer and the sun makes more regular appearance, our mood tends to change. Our psyches are hard…
So the day is finally here. Months of leaflet drops, phone banks, Voter ID, street stalls and campaigning, campaigning, campaigning is finally over (until we start again for the General next year - sorry!). Our country goes to the polls…
We've had a wobbly old week. The polling is tough and reactions to our PEB attacking Nick Clegg - not least my own - have not been wholly positive. I don't think Labour wins by attacking the Tories and Lib Dems. Of course we must expose…
I can't say I'm a big fan of Labour's new Party Political Broadcast. I don't believe the message Labour should be taking to the electorate is "we're not as duff as the Lib Dems nor as evil as the Tories". There's no denying that both of…
"There is a war between the rich and poor, a war between the rich and poor, a way between the man and the woman; There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn't" - Leonard Cohen Ed Miliband is at his…
In just over a year Labour could be back in power. That we are able to say this after the dreadful defeat we suffered in 2010 is an extraordinary testament to the leadership of Ed Miliband and the success of the electoral strategy he has…
UKIP and specifically its leader Nigel Farage are finally finding themselves under the glare of media scrutiny rather than simply the spotlight for once. The Times has been exposing (£) Farage's alleged misuse of his expenses as an MEP and…
I believe that the death penalty is wrong in all circumstances (though I am not a pacifist). To truly believe this, you have to be aware of the crimes of those you are defending. Sure a few may be innocent, and for some, it is that doubt…
Community organising has become something of a buzzword in Labour circles of late, but what does it really mean? There are fears from some campaigners that it is set to replace rather than compliment more traditional forms of campaigning…
I'm going to start and end this blog post with things I don't do very often. Here I'm going to attempt a football metaphor. You know how in the World Cup, before the real final happens, you have another match to determine who came 3rd and…
“So long as they (the Proles) continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be…
